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Re: Robotics sub-groups
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Sat, 6 Feb 1999 07:56:32 GMT
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In lugnet.admin.general, dbaum@spambgoneenteract.com (Dave Baum) writes:
In article <MPG.1124665625e158c698969e@lugnet.com>, lehman@javanet.com
(Todd Lehman) wrote:

Thinking long-term, is the following conceivable...?

  lugnet.robotics                     Generic LEGO robotics
  lugnet.robotics.events              Miscellaneous robotics events
  lugnet.robotics.events.robot-arena  Robot Arena focus group
  lugnet.robotics.rcx                 High-level RCX discussions
  lugnet.robotics.rcx.fw              General RCX firmware
  lugnet.robotics.rcx.fw.nqc          NQC focus group
  lugnet.robotics.rcx.fw.legos        legOS focus group
  lugnet.robotics.rcx.hw              General RCX hardware
  lugnet.robotics.rcx.sw              General RCX host software
  lugnet.robotics.rcx.sw.botcode      BotCode focus group
  lugnet.robotics.rcx.sw.brickcmd     BrickCommand focus group
  lugnet.robotics.rcx.sw.gbp          Gordon's Brick Programmer focus group
  lugnet.robotics.rcx.sw.mindctl      Mind Control focus group
  lugnet.robotics.rcx.sw.rcxcc        RCX Command Center focus group


As a clarification, NQC uses the standard lego firmware, so it probably
doesn't belong under lugnet.robotics.fw.

OYS!  (Oops, Yup, Sorry!)  NQC is a software development tool which runs on
a non-RCX host machine and translates ASCII source code statements into RCX
internal bytecodes intended to be downloaded to the RCX unit for execution,
yes?

Would you classify NQC as RCX 'software' in the same sense as the other
items above in the .rcx.sw.* hierarchy?  (All seem to be tool-software.)

How many efforts are currently underway to replace the firmware?  Is legOS
way out in the lead?  (Where does h8hforth sit, now and six months from
now?)

A second iteration then -- thinking long-term is the following
conceivable...?

  lugnet.robotics                     Generic LEGO robotics
  lugnet.robotics.events              Miscellaneous robotics events
  lugnet.robotics.events.robot-arena  Robot Arena focus group
  lugnet.robotics.rcx                 High-level RCX discussions
  lugnet.robotics.rcx.fw              General RCX firmware
  lugnet.robotics.rcx.fw.h8hforth     h8hforth focus group
  lugnet.robotics.rcx.fw.legos        legOS focus group
  lugnet.robotics.rcx.hw              General RCX hardware
  lugnet.robotics.rcx.sw              General RCX host software
  lugnet.robotics.rcx.sw.botcode      BotCode focus group
  lugnet.robotics.rcx.sw.brickcmd     BrickCommand focus group
  lugnet.robotics.rcx.sw.gbp          Gordon's Brick Programmer focus group
  lugnet.robotics.rcx.sw.mindctl      Mind Control focus group
  lugnet.robotics.rcx.sw.nqc          NQC focus group
  lugnet.robotics.rcx.sw.rcxcc        RCX Command Center focus group

Does that preclude anything?  Does it miss anything important?

--Todd

p.s.  Thanks for the correction, Dave.



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  Re: Robotics sub-groups
 
(...) Exactly. (...) Yes, that's good. (...) One issue would be the potential merging of nqc/rcxcc since rcxcc is really a front end to nqc and shares the same language/constraints/etc. This is really a matter of philosophy - separate groups means (...) (26 years ago, 7-Feb-99, to lugnet.admin.general)

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  Re: Robotics sub-groups
 
(...) As a clarification, NQC uses the standard lego firmware, so it probably doesn't belong under lugnet.robotics.fw. Dave (26 years ago, 6-Feb-99, to lugnet.admin.general)

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